Karlatornet
| Karlatornet | |
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 Karlatornet viewed in September 2023 as construction is almost complete | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Lodjursstråket 1, 417 51, Lindholmen, Gothenburg |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 57°42′35″N 11°56′20″E / 57.70972°N 11.93889°E |
| Construction started | 2019 |
| Estimated completion | 2024 |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 247 m (810 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 74 |
| Website | |
| www | |
| [1][2][3] | |
Karlatornet (lit. 'The Karla Tower', initially called Polstjärnan[4][5]) is a skyscraper under construction by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The tower reached its final height of 247 meters in June 2023. It will have 74 floors above ground. The building is expected to be fully completed in autumn 2024.[6][7]
The building's architecture firm is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and it is being built by Serneke Group AB.[8] It is set for completion in 2024, but first inhabitants started moving in from August 2023.[9][10]
When completed, it will reach 247 meters tall (810 ft), and will be the tallest building in the Nordic countries. On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 meters, officially surpassing Turning Torso in Malmö.[11]
In an early stage the building was budgeted to cost about 4 billion Swedish kronor but after lots of changes and a higher building, final cost totalled 5,8 billion Swedish kronor or 525 million USD (currency exchange rate at that time).[12]
Karlatornet has 5 elevators engineered by Finnish elevator maker Kone.[13] Two of the elevators have a max speed of 6 m/s and the remaining three top out at 8 m/s. At the time of construction, these were the fastest elevators in Sweden.[14]
Karlatornet is one out of 9 buildings that will form Karlastaden. (lit. 'Karla City' .[15][16] Other buildings are:
- Cassiopeja, 147 m (482 ft) 43 floors
- Auriga, 125 m (410 ft) 36 floors
- Virgo, 27 floors
- Capella, 17 floors
- Lynx, 17 floors[17][18]
- Aries, 12 floors
- Callisto, 7 floors
Hotel
Karlatornet houses a Strawberry hotel with 300 guestrooms and multiple conference areas, restaurans, gyms and a spa. The total hotel area is 17,500 square metres (188,000 sq ft).[19]
Karlastaden
Karlatornet with surrounding buildings is called Karlastaden (literal translation: Karlacity). The total area of Karlastaden is 270,000 square metres (2,900,000 sq ft). It houses apartments, schools, gyms, higher education institutions, hotels, offices, restaurants and healthcare clinics.[20]
See also
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest buildings in Europe
- List of tallest buildings in Sweden
- Turning Torso
- List of tallest buildings in Scandinavia
External links
References
- ^ "Karlatornets brokiga väg mot toppen". Mitt i Göteborg (in Swedish). 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Nordens högsta byggnad ska förändra Göteborg". Läget by JMK, Stockholm university (in Swedish). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Nyheter, SVT (2017-06-16). "Här är svaren på era frågor om Karlatornet". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Nyheter, SVT (2020-01-16). "Karlatornets historia på 60 sekunder". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Karlatornet - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat – CTBUH. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Serneke bygger Nordens högsta byggnad". Byggföretagen (in Swedish). 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "All fakta om Karlatornet". Nyheter SVT (in Swedish). 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Arvidsson, Elias (2015-09-24). "Jätteintresse för att bo i Karlatornet". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Karlatornet växer med ett nytt våningsplan i veckan". Byggnyheter (in Swedish). 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Inflyttning i Karlatornet påbörjad". Fastighetsvärlden (in Swedish). 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Julia Kero (22 September 2022). "Nu är Karlatornet högst i Norden" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Lars Näslund (2020-12-17). "Fastighetsmiljardären Erik Selin räddar Karlatornet – "En bra dag för Göteborg, helt klart"". DN.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "2018-01-30 KONE wins UltraRope order for Karlatornet, set to become the tallest building in the Nordics (3)". KONE Corporation. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Så långt ser man från Karlatornet – Nordens högsta byggnad". DN.se (in Swedish). 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Lönnroth, Valdemar; Kennedy, Marie (2021-07-14). "Balder och Serneke bygger nya höghus i Karlastaden". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Detaljplan för Karlavagnsplatsen (80 page pdf)" (PDF). Göteborgs Stad – Stadsbyggnadskontoret (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "De ska utforma kvarteret Lynx i Karlastaden". Fastighetsnytt (in Swedish). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "Kanozi ska utforma kvarteret Lynx i Karlastaden". Fastighetsvärlden (in Swedish). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ Kennedy, Marie (2017-12-15). "Stordalens hotellhyra i Karlatornet – 800 miljoner". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Karlastaden's public property". Hemsö In English. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-01.